When Alfitrah foundation visited Setapak High school for the blind , we were told that they had a team that played blind cricket.
This explanation of the game comes from our colleague Maulana Waqar younus in Karachi who is a teacher of Braille Quran.
IN a far-flung village of Haripur district, an elderly man wakes up each morning to deliver letters. Draped in a warm sweater or shawl, he sets out with a four-foot willow stick to find his way to even the last house in the village over the 12-kilometre-long track through the hills.
This is Muhammad Anwar, the village postman everyone fondly calls Hafiz sahib. He is blind, yet his handicap has not kept him from delivering letters for the past 44 years.
My friend Bilal who is blind but lives alone and works independently told me this is the most useful app he has . It links the blind with the sighted when they need assistance to read or recognise something.
You can sign up as a sighted volunteer.
Alhamdulillah the Braille Qurans donated by One Life Global UK have arrived in 5 areas in Nigeria. We also sent English translations of the Quran as well as Braille books containing surah Yasin and other selected Surahs.
The photos are from Lagos and Niger State.
Alfitrah Foundation went to the weekly Kelab Rabu ( Wednesday Club) for visually impaired people at MAB in Brickfields to hand over 60 white canes to elderly blind folk.
The centre has requested for more white canes for new trainees at their training centre so if you want to donate , the cost is RM25 each ( USD6) and payment details are at www.alfitrah.net